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Patented Apr.3, 1883.

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Patented Apllf 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES NETTLETON, OF DAYSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

HAY-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,254, dated April 3,1883.

Application filed April 29, 1882.

To all ywhom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES NEr'rLE'roN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Daysville,in the county ot' Ogle,in the State ot' Illinois,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay-Carriers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to machines known as hay-elevators 7 orhayca.rriers,77 and its obro ject 1s to provide a machine which, inconnection with suitable power, may be employed to lift hay from aloaded wagon, carry it, and deposit it in the bay or on the rick,or viceversa; and it consists in the mechanism and in the several combinationsof the devices represented in the accompanying drawings,allof which willbe hereinafter more fully explained, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an isometrica] representationot' a machine embodying my invention, of which Fig. 2 is a lengthwisevertical central section on dotted line 1. Fig. 3 is a lengthwisevertical section on dotted line 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical transversesection on dotted line 3. Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section ondotted line at, and Fig. 6 is a transverse section on dotted line 5.

In the figures, A represents beams ot' suitable dimensions to form atrackway on which to support a. vehicle employed as a carrier. Thesebeams are placed parallel to each other, and are suitably separated, andiu their separated position are joined by means ot' suitable transversebeams, Af, xed to the upper face ot' the end portions of the beams, andthese transverse beams also serve to limit the travel ot' the vehicle.These beams may be supported in proper position to the roof-timbers orother convenient parts of the hay-barn, rick-frame, or other suitablesupports.

At B are represented side beams ot' suitable dimensions to form thesides of a carryingV frame or vehicle. These beams are placed parallelto each other, having their inner walls separated substantially the samedistance as the inner walls ot' the beams forming the trackway, and attheir rear ends are held in their separated position by means ot' atransverse beam, C, placed between thein,and a suitable screw-bolt,D,passed transversely through the parts. Portions a ot' the transversebeam C and suitable bars, b, tixed to the inside ot the side beams, B,depend below the side beams of the vehicle and enter between the beamsof (No model.)

the trackway and serve as guides to the vehicle. Y

At c are represented suitable guide-blocks fixed to the inner walls ot'thc forward ends of the side beams, B, of the vehicle, and their lowerends depend below the beams to enter between the beams ot' the traeltwayto serve as guides to the vehicle.

At d is represented a block ot' suitable dimensions, placed between theguide-blocks a, and is ot' a proper size to preserve the parallelposition of the side beams. These parts are iixed in position by meansot' a. suitable screwbolt, e, passed transversely through the parts.

At h are represented metallic plates fixed to the ends ot' the centerblock, d, having their ends depending below the block, and saiddependingends are provided with suitable holes, fi, as bearings to receive thejournals 7c ot' a sheave-support.

At Z is represented asheavc having its jour nal-supports in suitablebea-ring-plates,o1, produced in yoke form to span the pulleyor sheavc inthe usual manner. These yoke-formed plates are provided with journals k,which enter and are supported in the bearings t' in the metallic platesh in such a manner as to permit the sheave to oscillate therein toadjust itselt' to the direction ofthe draft-line ofthe rope passed overthe sheave.

The rear end portions ot' the side beams, B, ofthe vehicle are providedwith lengthwise slots n, extending horizontally through the beams. Thesebeams are also provided on their inner lower ,corner with a recess, o,at the rear end portion of the lengthwise slots, to receive a suitabledetent.

Atp are represented right-angled triangular' detente, pivoted at theirright angle at p' in the forward end ot'the recess o in such a manner asto permit it to oscillate on its pivotal center one-fourth ot' a circle.

At p" are represented recesses cut in the upper inner corner ot' thetrack-beams in such a manner as to permit one of the free arms ot' thedetent to drop into it when the vehicle is in its farthest rearwardposition on the trackbeams.

At s is represented a transverse bar placed in the lengthwise slots n,and the under face of its end portions is provided with metallic shoess', having their inner ends turned down in hook form to engage the innerface of the guide-bars b to prevent endwise movement ot the bar, but-insuch a manner as to permitthe l tal position slightly below thetransverse bar bar to slide lengthwise in the slots. The center portionot' this transverse bar is shaped in journal-bearing form, as shown ats".

At E is represented atwo-part box-bearing, titted to receivethejournal-bearings s".

At F is represented a metallic semi-tubular portion, in which is placedthe rear end portion of the main hoisting-rope G and the end portion ofthe return-rope ll. These parts are placed against the under side of thetwo-part box E, and are lixed thereto by means of hook screw-bolts t,which embrace the parts, having their screw-shank portion extendingthrough the two-part boxbearing E, and by means of a suitable screw-nutserve to t.\Vv the parts to each other in a proper manner. rIhelength otthe tubular portion F is such that when elevated to a horizontalposition and the trans- "erse bar s is carried to the forward end ot'the slot, as in the dotted lines, the forward end ot' the tube will reston the shea-ve i at the torward end ot' the vehicle.

At I is represented a sheave ot ordinary construction, provided with ahook, t', to engage the ring 'Lof a suitable fork, a portion ot' whichis represented at K. This sheave is supported on the hoistingrope G,between its connection with the transverse bar s at the rear end ofthevehicle and its support onthe pivoted sheave l at the forward end of thevehicle. The end portion t ofthe hoisting-rope is passed under asuitable snatch block or sheave suitably located, and its i'ree end isdesigned to connect with a team or other suitable power to operatethmachine. The return-rope H, from its connection with the transversebar s, extends rearward over a pulley, a, supported between thetrackway-beams at their rear end immediately under the transverse beamA', fixed to the track-beams.

At n is represented a suitable weight iiXed to the free end of thereturn rope, employed to return the vehicle to its position (shown insolid lines) after the hay has been discharged from the fork.

At u is represented a bar passed through theside beams ot' the vehicle,in position to receive the rearward-projeoting end u" ofthe semi-tube F,to act as a t'ulcrum to carry the slide-bar s to the rear end ot' theslot when the fork is carried rearward ot' a perpendicular line, andtoprevent the forward movement ot' the slide-bar from releasing thevehicle until the fork is fully elevated and supported on the semi-tube,as represented in the dotted lilies in Fig. 2.

In using my improved hay hoisting and carrying apparatus with theseveral parts combined and arranged substantially as described, thevehicle is caused, by means ofthe weight on the return-rope, to becarried to the rear end of the trackway, against the transverse beamtixed on the upper face ot' the trackbeams, at which point the detentswill drop into the recesses in their inner upper corners, which willplace their upper face in a horizonin the slots in the side beams, andwill permit the bar to be carried over them to the rear end ot' theslots, which will lock the vehicle in place. This action will carry theforward end ot' the semi tube inclosing thc rope rearward ot the shcavein the forward end of the ve hicle, and permit the fork supported on thehoisting rope to descend to engage the hay, and when loaded, by meansot' the power employed, in connection with the free end of the rope, itwill be elevated; and when supported on the semi-tube inclosing the ropethe tran. verse bar, to which the semi-tube is connected, will be drawnto the forward endI of the slots in the side beams of the vehicle,forward ol' the detents, which will permit them to rise from therecesses in the track-beams into thel recess in the side beams ot' thevehicle, and permit the vehicle to slide on the tracltways to the placeof deposit, at which point the load will be dropped from the fork in theusual manner, and when relieved otl the load the vehicle will bereturned and locked in its rearward position, and the fork will againdescend to repeat the operation.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination, with the track wayprovided with suitable depressions or their equivalcnt, and with thevehicle, ol' the triangular detcnts, having a pivotal connect-ion withthe vehicle and adapted to engage the trackbeams, substantially as andfor the purpose hereinbet'ore set t'orth.

2. The combination, with the vehicle carrying the pivotal detents, otlthel transverse bar capable of a sliding movement over the pivoteddetents, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbetore set toi-th.

3. rlhe combination,with the transverse bar capable of a slidingmovement over the pivoted detents, and with the pivoted sheave in theforward end ofthe vehicle, of a semi-tube ernbracingthe hoisting-rope,and having ajournal-support on the transverse bar, substantially as andfor the purpose hereinbet'ore set forth. A

4. The combination, with the semitube having a `journal-support on thetransverse bar, ofthe hoisting and return ropes, substantially as andfor the purpose hereinbet'ore set4 forth.

5. .The combination, with the seinttube connected with the hoisting andreturn ropes, ot' a fork-supportingsheave, substantially as and for thepurpose hereinbet'ore set forth.

6. The combination, with the semitube, hoisting-rope, and weightedreturn-rope thereto attached, ot' a transverse bar, a, to engage t-herear end of the semi-tube, substantially as and for the purposehereinbet'ore set forth.

JAMES NETTLETON.

Witl'iesses L. L. NETTLETON, L. M, NETTLETON.

